Category: Spoken Word/Sound Effects


Ghostly Sounds

Filed Under: Spoken Word/Sound Effects
Jan.04, 2010

Here’s another George C. Peed cover from my vaults:

 

LP: Ghostly Sounds

Record Label: Peter Pan Records

U.S. Catalogue Number: 8125

Category: Spoken Word/Sound Effects

Narration by Peter Waldren

Produced by Gershon Kingsley

Australian release history: released as LF 2030 by Landfall Press and as RPG 6015 by Rainbow Products (the Australian releases did not have any credits)

Released: 1970 (U.S.) 1976 (Landfall release – Australia) and 1981 (Rainbow re-release)

 

Side 1:

Ghostly Sounds

Side 2:

The Ghosts from Outer Space

 

This is not your average childrens release from Peter Pan.  It’s a collection of “spooky” sound effects, great for any Halloween party.

Most of the “effects” on these LPs were basically vocal effects (Witches Cackling, Jack-O-Lanterns Laughing) and Musical effects (Goblins)

George’s artwork would be the precursor of the later Peter Pan release “Monster Mash” (although not as scary)

My favourite is the story on side 2, “The Ghosts from Outer Space” (with a bit of re-working, this could be an interesting cartoon)

to complete this post, here is the back cover…

As a side note, Power Records released an LP with the same title (release No. 8145)  I wonder if this is a re-package of this release?

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Audio Fidelity’s First Component Series Test Record

Filed Under: Spoken Word/Sound Effects
Oct.22, 2009

for the history of Audio Fidelity in Australia go here.

Audio Fidelity's First Component Series Stereo Test Record. - Mid 1960's pressing.

Record Label: Audio Fidelity

Categories: Audiophile, Test Record

Catalogue Number: FCS 50,000

Cover Art: Not known, possibly illustrated by Irving Sloane

Copyrighted: 1959

Side 1 – The Tests: Metronome, 1Khz Sine Wave Test Tone, 25 Seconds of Silence, High Frequency Sine Wave Test Tones, Low Frequency Sine Wave Test Tones, Sweep Test Tone 70 to 15 Hz, Phasing (white noise signals), Musician’s “A” – 440 Hz, U.S. Government Standard,  3KHz Left channel and 800 Hz Right Channel, 800 Hz Left Channel and 3 KHz Right Channel.

Side 2 – Music Selections by the Virtuoso Symphony of London: Rakoczy March, March From “Aida”, Polovetzian Dances, March From Coq d’ Or, Russian Sailor’s Dance.

The First Component Series Stereo Test Record (released by AF in 1959) is a more or less standard issue test record, but there is something unusual about the mastering on side 1 that I don’t think any other test record has done.

Each test is in it’s own individual track, but there is no link between each test, so instead of the normal 1 continuous groove on side 1, it has instead 10.

The closest we ever had since then was an “anti skid band” on British Decca’s 1960’s LP “How To Give Yourself A Stereo Check Out” (SKLA 4861)

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